A time for action on fire issue

Fire department, fiscal court need to settle differences

By Nick Schrager

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm (Updated: March 8, 1:24 pm)

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.
That’s the sound of time, and it’s running out, at least if you listen to the statements made by the Washington County Fire Protection Association’s leaders.
In last week’s issue of The Springfield Sun, the WCFPA was represented by John Goatley, who said in not so many words that he doesn’t see the deadline going away for his organiztion to stop providing fire protection to the citizens of Washington County who pay a $45 annual fee for that protection.

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